Nearly 3,000 white crosses on a hill in South Africa are a memorial to white people killed on farms over the last three decades.

With US President Donald Trump on a cost-cutting warpath since starting his second term, aid to Africa has been slashed and now defence spending is in his sights - but could these approaches cost more in the long run?

Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education.

The chief executive of Jumia, the ecommerce group often dubbed the “Amazon of Africa”, said it needs to “rebuild credibility” with investors as it steps up its push to reach profitability amid rising competition from Chinese rivals.

Foreign investors have pulled $3.7 billion out of South African equities since October in the longest such streak of outflows in five years, a report showed, as the continent's biggest equity market struggles to attract international portfolio flows.

Vance Boelter claimed to be educated at Christ for the Nations, a Bible school in Dallas, and preached in Congo in recent years.

Suspected assassin Vance Boelter fronted a security firm his best friend said never existed and experienced “struggles” after returning from a three-year trip to Africa months before he allegedly turned his gun on a pair of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses.

Europe is investing heavily in green hydrogen infrastructure linking North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa to support its decarbonization goals, but high costs and underdeveloped production capacity may hamper progress.

Regional hegemony on the African continent has long been contested as countries and regimes rise and fall. Over the decades, countries like Egypt and Algeria have emerged as leading military powers, each leveraging large defense budgets to modernize their forces.

South Africa will lead the next refunding exercise for the Global Fund, raising money for the international partnership fighting AIDS after the US cut healthcare support to the continent.

Umenyiora, a two-time Super Bowl winner, is intent on inspiring African athletes to take up American football.